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Hi there! 👋 And happiest holidays from young Cornelia (pictured) and all of us primates at the Duke Lemur Center!
IN THIS ISSUE: holiday gift guide for last-minute shoppers, annual magazine, flawless AZA accreditation inspection, new John Cleese commercial, NBC/LX series, conservation video playlist, #GivingTuesday gratitude, and more!
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2022-23 Annual Magazine
We’re proud to bring you The Women’s Issue of the DLC's annual magazine! This year’s publication features the women of the DLC and is specially geared toward young women interested in pursuing careers in STEM. We hope you find the stories and experiences inside as inspirational as we do, and that it prompts meaningful conversations with family and friends this holiday season.
The magazine can be read and downloaded for free online via our "Magazines" homepage. Printed copies are mailed once annually to current annual donors of $250+, and should arrive in late December or early January. Additional copies will be for sale in January in the DLC's gift shop.
If you know a middle- or high school educator whose students would benefit from a physical copy of the magazine, please reply to this email with the educator's name and school address. We'll be happy to send a free copy for their classroom!
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NBC/LX Series Featuring the DLC
Follow NBC’s Dagmar Midcap, host of “Down to Earth,” and LX News storyteller Cody Broadway as they take you inside the Duke Lemur Center, to meet the lemurs and the devoted team of scientists and researchers fighting to save them.
The first part of the series is available to view now, with additional chapters filmed in Madagascar with the DLC’s research team coming soon!
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John Cleese for World Lemur Day
Legendary British comedian, Monty Python star, and lemur aficionado John Cleese returned this year to voice his second semi-annual charity commercial in support of the DLC’s Adopt a Lemur program!
As in the past, John Cleese and all others involved in the project lent their time and talent to the commercial pro bono, without charge to the DLC. Watch it now—we're thrilled with the final result!
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Gift Guide: Ain't No Minute Like the Last Minute
Behind on your holiday shopping? Don't worry, we've got you covered!
1. Adopt a Lemur packages make great gifts, and TODAY (12/16) is the last day to order for delivery by Christmas! We still have a handful of Holiday Adoption Packages with aye-aye plushie, plus seven additional species available for symbolic adoption—including the tiny-but-mighty mouse lemur pictured above!
2. Honor someone you love with a tax-deductible donation to the DLC! See the many ways you can make a difference to the Lemur Center's work caring for and protecting lemurs and their natural habitat in Madagascar. Click here to donate!
3. Order a one-of-a-kind masterpiece painted by our lemurs as part of our enrichment program! Lemur paintings are truly unique gifts and are available to ship worldwide. (Note that some shipping times may be delayed, however.)
4. Local to Durham, NC? We have a great selection of giftable merchandise in stock at the DLC's retail shop, including Malagasy handicrafts, paintings by lemurs, new apparel designs, books, and more!
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Flawless AZA Accreditation Inspection
This summer, the Duke Lemur Center completed an inspection through the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) Accreditation Commission and received an extremely rare perfect score.
As of November 2021, only four facilities had received a perfect score in the AZA’s nearly 50 years of accreditations. The DLC is proud to be the fifth.
Not only did the visiting committee find no major or minor concerns, it also recognized 18 practices and achievements they agreed were “especially well done and notable.”
“It’s highly unusual for a facility to go through our certification process without inspectors finding at least a few things that need to be addressed,” says Denny Lewis, AZA Senior Vice President of Accreditation Programs. “But in this case, inspectors found nothing but excellence, and zero non-compliant issues—a truly remarkable accomplishment!”
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DLC-SAVA Conservation Video Playlist
Learn more about the DLC-SAVA Conservation project with this series of nine short videos! Each highlights a different topic, from student research to landscape restoration, environmental education, and more.
The DLC’s conservation projects in Madagascar are funded entirely through grants and donations, so your contributions turn our conservation dreams into realities. Please consider supporting our Madagascar programs with a tax-deductible donation today!
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#CyberMonday and #GivingTuesday Gratitude
A big THANK YOU to everyone who donated beds, treats, and toys from the DLC's amazon wishlist on Cyber Monday (such as the mirror above), and to those who helped make Giving Tuesday another major success—raising more than $20,000 through Adopt a Lemur packages and other tax-deductible donations. We are, as always, humbled and astounded by our supporters' generosity. We couldn't do this important work without you!
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Holiday Weight Gain, Lemur Style
You know that food coma feeling around the holidays? Some lemurs do too, and that's a good thing! The fat-tailed dwarf lemurs of the DLC have been busy gorging themselves to pack on the pounds for their months-long period of hibernation. Watch them fatten up for winter's slumber.
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